Centrally governed city · Code 46

Thành phố Huế

Not merged with another province
Place names through time
Commune level

1675/NQ-UBTVQH15

Adopted 6/16/2025; new commune government operating from 7/1/2025

Number checked, full text pending
Province level

NQ 202/2025/QH15

Adopted 12 June 2025; new province operating from 7/1/2025

District level

Ceased operating

From 7/1/2025 under Resolution 203/2025/QH15 amending the Constitution

Provinces before 1 July 2025

History and name meanings

History and name meanings are compiled by LeKha from public sources and await an editor’s check against the originals. Each statement shows its evidence level and supporting sources.

Name meanings

Huế

  • Widely accepted hypothesis: “Huế” is a vernacular reading of “Hóa” in Thuận Hóa. A. de Rhodes’s 1651 dictionary lists both “kẻ hóa” and “kẻ hoế”, showing the two readings coexisted.

    Hypothesis or tradition12

Not enough verified material on the meaning of: Thuận Hóa.

Names over time

Each group is a separate administrative unit. The same name does not imply the same territory.

Thành phố Huế

  1. Thuận HóaHistorical

    from 1307(uncertain date)Not yet verified2

    A region far larger than the city of Huế.

  2. Thành phố HuếOfficial

    listed in the 3/1/2025 catalogueCorroborated3

    Listed in the 1 March 2025 catalogue; no record yet of when the name came into use.

Timeline

Not enough verified material on events of this unit.

Administrative lineage

Each relationship states its type (rename, merger, split) and source; none is inferred from similar names or nearby coordinates.

No sourced split or merger recorded.

Landscape and historical statistics

No sourced layer of historical rivers, coastlines, land use or boundaries with stated accuracy exists yet for this unit.

Population and area are not compared across periods when the unit’s extent differs.

Sources

Each source supports only the statements listed under it.

  1. [1]Một ngôi làng vừa Quảng, vừa Huế

    Báo Mới (trang tổng hợp) · Press · Low reliability · Accessed 10/24/2026

    Diễn đàn hoặc trang tổng hợp, không nêu tài liệu gốc; độ tin cậy thấp. Tra qua chỉ mục tìm kiếm ngày 24/10/2026, chưa mở toàn văn; biên tập viên cần đối chiếu nguyên văn trước khi duyệt.

    • Huế: Widely accepted hypothesis: “Huế” is a vernacular reading of “Hóa” in Thuận Hóa. A. de Rhodes’s 1651 dictionary lists both “kẻ hóa” and “kẻ hoế”, showing the two readings coexisted. — Dẫn Tự điển A. de Rhodes 1651 với hai cách đọc hóa/hoế.
  2. [2]Thuận Hóa

    Wikipedia tiếng Anh · Encyclopedia · Low reliability · Accessed 10/24/2026

    Bách khoa mở, nguồn thứ cấp; chỉ dùng làm đầu mối tới tài liệu gốc. Tra qua chỉ mục tìm kiếm ngày 24/10/2026, chưa mở toàn văn; biên tập viên cần đối chiếu nguyên văn trước khi duyệt.

    • Huế: Widely accepted hypothesis: “Huế” is a vernacular reading of “Hóa” in Thuận Hóa. A. de Rhodes’s 1651 dictionary lists both “kẻ hóa” and “kẻ hoế”, showing the two readings coexisted. — Thuận Hóa là tên vùng đất từ đầu thế kỷ XIV.
    • Thành phố Huế – Thuận Hóa — Thuận Hóa là tên vùng đất từ đầu thế kỷ XIV.
  3. [3]Danh mục đơn vị hành chính Việt Nam (mốc cũ 1/3/2025, mới đến 20/9/2026)

    Cục Thống kê – bộ seed supabase/seed/vietnam-place-names · Official portal · High reliability · Accessed 10/24/2026

    Mã và tên ĐVHC đã đối chiếu tự động trong bộ seed của LeKha (validation_report.json).

    • Thành phố Huế – Thành phố Huế — Tên trong danh mục ĐVHC tại mốc 2025-03-01.

40 commune-level units

Data sources and limitations

  • Administrative-unit catalogue of the General Statistics Office (old cut-off 1 March 2025, current up to 20 September 2026); the old → new mapping was re-checked against official codes.
  • Communes split across several new units are being added from the full text of the 34 resolutions; once available, all targets will be shown.
  • Hamlets and neighbourhoods have no national catalogue and are kept exactly as you typed them.
  • Results are for reference; for official procedures, check the documents issued by the competent authority.